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Administration pursuant to the

Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of

1990.

Paragraph VIII of the proposed order

contains record keeping requirements

for materials that substantiate, qualify,

or contradict covered claims and

requires the proposed respondents to

keep and maintain all advertisements

and promotional materials containing

any representation covered by the

proposed order. In addition, paragraph

IX requires distribution of a copy of the

consent order to current and future

officers and agents having responsibility

with respect to the subject matter of the

order. Further, Paragraph X provides for

Commission notification upon a change

in the corporate respondent. Paragraph

XI requires proposed respondents

William McCormack and E. Robert

Gates to notify the Commission when

either of them discontinues his current

business or employment and of an

affiliation by either of them with any

new businesses or employment.

Paragraph XII of the proposed order

requires the proposed respondents to

file a compliance report. Finally,

paragraph XIII of the proposed order

provides for the termination of the order

after twenty years under specified

conditions.

The purpose of this analysis is to

facilitate public comment on the

proposed order. It is not intended to

constitute an official interpretation of

the agreement and proposed order or to

modify in any way their terms.

By direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–18616 Filed 7–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Committee on Vital and Health

Statistics: Meetings

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, the Department of

Health and Human Services announces

the following advisory committee

meeting.

Name: National Committee on Vital and

Health Statistics (NCVHS). Subcommittee on

Standards and Security.

Times and Dates: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.,

July 20, 1998; 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m., July 21,

1998.

Place: James R. Thompson Center, Room

9–040, 100 West Randolph Street, Chicago,

Illinois.

Status: Open.

Purpose: Under the Administrative

Simplification provisions of P.L. 104–191,

the Health Insurance Portability and

Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the

Secretary of Health and Human Services is

required to adopt standards for specified

transactions to enable health information to

be exchanged electronically. The law

requires that, within 24 months of adoption,

all health plans, health care clearinghouses,

and health care providers who choose to

conduct these transactions electronically

must comply with these standards. The law

also requires the Secretary to adopt a number

of supporting standards including standards

for unique health identifiers for providers,

plans, employers and individuals. The

Secretary is required to consult with the

National Committee on Vital and Health

Statistics (NCVHS) in complying with these

provisions. The NCVHS is the Department’s

federal advisory committee on health data,

privacy and health information policy.

The NCVHS already has provided

recommendations and advice to HHS relating

to most of the transaction and supporting

standards, and HHS is in the process of

publishing several Notices of Proposed

Rulemaking that describe the proposed

standards for public review and comment in

the Federal Register. HIPAA also requires the

Secretary to adopt a standard for unique

identifier for individuals for use in the health

care system. Because of privacy concerns and

because no consensus exists in the industry

concerning the standard for a unique health

identifier, HHS is planning to issue, later this

summer, a Notice of Intent, i.e., a request for

information on various alternatives and

issues at this stage rather than proposing a

standard.

To assist in developing the NCVHS

recommendations to HHS relating to the

standard for unique health identifier, the

NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and

Security has scheduled a public meeting on

July 20–21, 1998 in Chicago, Illinois. For the

meeting, the Subcommittee is inviting

specific, interested and affected organizations

and individuals to provide their views,

perspectives and concerns, to address

specific questions relating to the unique

health identifier, and to answer further

questions from the Subcommittee. Other

individuals and organizations that would

also like to submit written or oral statements

to the Subcommittee on these issues are

invited to do so at the meeting. Speakers will

be asked to address a series of questions

relating to the unique health identifier. The

tentative agenda for the meeting, as well as

a description of the panels of speakers and

the list of questions are posted on the NCVHS

website: http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ncvhs. To

further assist speaker, a white paper that

outlines the various potential alternatives for

the standard for the unique health identifier

as well as issues relating to privacy,

implementation and other considerations has

been posted on the HHS administrative

simplification website: http://

aspe.os.dhhs.gov.admnsimp.

The NCVHS plans to hold additional

public hearings on the unique health

identifier and related issues, including a

planned hearing in Washington, DC in

September. The dates of subsequent meetings

will be announced as they are selected.

Contact Person for More Information:

Substantive program information as well as

summaries of the meeting and a roster of

subcommittee members may be obtained

from Bill Braithwaite, lead Subcommittee

staff, Office of the Assistant Secretary for

Planning and Evaluation, DHHS, Room 440–

D, Humphrey Building, 200 Independence

Avenue S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201,

telephone (202) 260–0546, or Marjorie S.

Greenberg, Executive Secretary, NCVHS,

NCHS, CDC, Room 1100, Presidential

Building, 6525 Belcrest Road, Hyattsville,

Maryland 20782, telephone (301) 436–7050.

Information also is available on the NCVHS

home page of the HHS website: http://

aspe.os.dhhs.gov/ncvhs.

Dated July 6, 1998.

James Scanlon,

Director, Division of Data Policy, Office of

the Assistant Secretary for Planning and

Evaluation.

[FR Doc. 98–18448 Filed 7–10–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health

National Institute on Drug Abuse;

Notice of Closed Meeting

Pursuant to section 10(d) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, as

amended (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2), notice

is hereby given of the following

meeting.

The meeting will be closed to the

public in accordance with the

provisions set forth in sections

552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,

as amended. The contract proposals and

the discussions could disclose

confidential trade secrets or commercial

property such as patentable material,

and personal information concerning

individuals associated with the contract

proposals, the disclosure of which

would constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

Name of Committee: National Institute on

Drug Abuse Special Emphasis Panel, Phase II

SBIR Contract—‘‘Researcher’s Handbook for

Conducting Drug Abuse Research With

Hispanic Populations.’’

Date: July 9, 1998.

Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Agenda: To review and evaluate contract

proposals.

Place: National Institute on Drug Abuse,

5600 Fishers Lane, Room 10–49, Rockville,

MD 20857 (Telephone Conference Call).

Contact Person: Eric Zatman, Contract

Review Specialist, Office of Extramural

Program Review, National Institute on Drug

Abuse, National Institutes of Health, DHHS,

5600 Fishers Lane, 10–42, Rockville, MD

20857, (301) 443–1644.

(Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance

Program Nos. 93.277, Drug Abuse Scientist